Harness attachment



(No Model.)

- L. HEWITT.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT. No. 389,471. PatentedSept. 11, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO LESLIE HEWITT, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONEvHALF TO PRATT t LETCHWORTH, OF SAME PLAOE.-

HARNESS ATTACHMENT.

' SPECIFICATION forming part Qf Letters Patent No. 389,471, dated September 11, 1888.

Application'filed May 14, 1888. Serial No. 273,776.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEsLIEHEwi'rT, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Harness-Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a harness-coupling which is more Vparticularly designed for connecting the ends of the belly-band to the thillloops, which are supported by the side straps attached to the saddle.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive coupling which can be attached to the belly-band and thill-loop without sewing; and the invention consists of the improvements which will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,` Figure 1 is a side elevation of a thill-loop provided with my improved coupling. Fig. 2 is a front view thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of a coupling and a portion of the thill-loop and belly-band billet. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the coupling detached. Fig. 5 is a similar view with the belly-band billet attached to the coupling. Fig. 6 isa crosssection of the coupling in line .t x, Fig. 2, on an enlarged scale.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several iigures.v

A represents the strap attached to the saddle, and B is the thill-loop, which is attached to the lower portion of the strap A by a buckle, b, or in any other suitable manner.n The thillloop B is constructed of two or inoi'e layers of leather, b', in the usual manner.

C represents the belly-band billet, and D is the coupling whereby the billet C is attached to the thill-loop B. The coupling D consists of a rectangular frame composed of side bars, d d', and connecting-bars d2 d3.

' e represents a cross-bar connecting the bars d2 d3 and arranged midway between the side bars, d d.

f is a projecting stud or tongue formed on or secured to the front sideof the cross-bar e and adapted to enter a hole, f', formed near the end of the billet C. The side bars, d d', and bar ala are vraised above the end bar, d2, and the intermediate cross-bar, e, so as to form a rectangular depressed seat, in which the end (No model.)

of the billet is confined, as represented in Figs. 4 and 5.

g g represent inwardlyprojecting lips or ears formed on the side bars, d d', about in line with the tongue f and overlapping the lateral 5 5 or longitudinal edges of the billet, so as to confine the latter in its seat and prevent the same from becoming disengaged from the tongue f.

The lips or ears g g are cast upon the side 6o' bars, d d', in an upright position, or nearly so, as shown in Fig. 4. The belly-band billet 1s attached to the coupling by engaging its opening over the tongue f and then bending or clinching the lips g g inwardly against the outer face of the billet, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 5, and 6. Y

The opening f in the billet C is so arranged that the endof the billet will abut against the intermediate bar, di, when the billet is at- 7o tached to the coupling. U

7L h represent two parallel arms or extensions formed with the side bars, d cl', and forming continuations of the latter. The extensions h t are provided at their upper ends with perforated ears or enlargements t' t', through which passes a transverse pin or rivet, j, which latter is inserted into the space or opening la between the layers of leather constituting the thill-loop. In attaching the coupling to the 8o thi'll-loop the rivet j is removed from the coupling, and the arms or extensions h h are placed on opposite sides of the lower portion of the thill-loop with their perforations in line with the opening between the layers of the loop.

ploying an ordinary coupling-loop formed in y one piece, and which must be attached to the tliill-loop before the leather layers of the latter are sewed together.

It is obvious that the cross-bar e, which ear- ICO ries the tongue j", may be constructed in the l form of a base-plate, which closes the entire bottoni of the rectangular frame of the coupling.

l claim as my invention- 1. A harness-coupling consisting of a reetangular frame composed ol end bars and side bars having inwardly projecting lips y, a base-plate or cross-bar, e, a stud or tongue, f, arranged on said baseplate or cross-bar, and arms hh, connected by a pin or cross-bar, sub' stantially as set forth.

2h A harness-coupling consisting of a rectangular frame having raised side bars, l d', provided with inwardly-projeeting lips g, a depressed end har, cl2, and a raised intermediate bar, d3, a depressed erossbar, e, a proj eeting stud or tongue, f, formed on said erossbar, arms or extensions 7L, havingr perforated enlargements i, and a transverse pin or rivet passing th rough said perforated enlargements7 substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a thill-loop and belly-band billet, of a coupling composed of a rectangular frame having end bars and side bars provided with inwardly-projecting lips g, overlapping the edges of the billet, a base plate or bar, e, having a projecting tongue, f, entering an opening formed in the billet, arms or extensions 11 formed in said side bars and provided with perforations, and a transverse pin or rivet passing through said perforations and arranged between the layers of leather forming the thill-loop, substantially as set forth.

Vitness my hand this 30th day 0f April, 1888.

LESLE HEWITT.

\Vitn esses:

FRED. C. Gamin, CHESTER D. Howe. 

